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Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:17:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To: Wei Weng <wweng@stevens-tech.edu>
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Subject: Re: network setup
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On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Wei Weng wrote:
> I think I have set my network up this time. Cuz i can see it through
> dmesg. But it doesn't seem to work. I tried /stand/sysinstall to config my
> network, but it still doesn't change any settings. I have no clue that

Just read through /etc/sysconfig or /etc/rc.conf (depending on your
release).  Locate the entries for your machine name and the ifconfig
lines.  Change the machine name and add ifconfig lines using the commented 
examples.

Dan
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